False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.

Self-actualizing people must be what they can be.

What kind of guilt comes from being true to yourself but not to others?. As we have seen, being true to yourself may at times intrinsically and necessarily be in conflict with being true to others.

The loss of illusions and the discovery of identity, though painful at first, can be ultimately exhilarating and strengthening.

Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.

We do what we are and we are what we do.

One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.